"Catherine Bell! Catherine Bell!" Tony's answer echoed through the office that had suddenly gone deadly quiet. He just stood there, partly proud of himself and partly embarrassed.
"Yes, Tony, that's right…." Kris trailed off, partially afraid of Tony after his last outburst. She turned to the board again. "BRIG JOB SETH"
"A person, male, not famous." Kris gave the clue and started at the anagram that had been on the list she had brought, 'This will definitely throw them for a loop' she thought.
It had been around 10 minutes and Tony was the first to announce, "I give up." a chorus of agreement echoed through the group. Kris stared at them in utter surprise, after all, the person mentioned in the anagram was one of them. She turned again to the board and re-arranged the letters to spell "JETHRO GIBBS" The gang was astounded that the name was somebody that they all knew personally, yet couldn't find the name. Gibbs was trying to contain his laughter, 'Kris does know how to stump you, she'll be a good addition to NCIS'.
"Okay, we have one point to Tony, one to Abby and one to Gibbs. That leaves Ducky and Kate scoreless."
"VICE CRESS TREE"
"You serve your country, yet, you have no rank." 'Kate should get this one…'
Sure enough, Kris' prediction came true three minutes later when Kate said, "Secret Service."
The group examined the letters on the board to discover that she was, indeed, correct. Kris marked Kate's score on the board and examined her list. 'Abby sad Ducky likes to golf…maybe I'll give one that he can figure out quickly…'
"GRASS PAT ME"
"A golf tournament, three days, held in the South."
It was barely a minute when Ducky gave the answer, "PGA Masters."
"That's right. Phil did a good job." Kris added a stroke to Ducky's score and checked her list, 'Hmm…I wonder how much Gibbs remembers about war history…or the rest of them, for that matter.' Kris turned to the board and wrote a mix of letters that would stump everyone, yet again.
"HANK SHE"
"Battle, in a war, famous, war is semi-recent."
The gang sat in companionable silence when, in unison, the group gave up ten minutes later. Kris turned and changed the lettering then moved to reveal the answer. The group was slightly annoyed with themselves for not knowing it. Gibbs spoke, "It was……."
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A/N: to Gaylehill-crusader and majorkawalsky, thank you for the review, I hope that this one will stump you! And, yes, I also love giving cliffhangers!!*ducks objects being thrown*